United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 9612
Dental Health: Children
Original
Introduced
15 January 2024
Last action
22 January 2024 · Answer
Status
Answered
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
22 January 2024
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help prevent tooth decay in children.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
15 January 2024
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help prevent tooth decay in children.
Source: Commons
22 January 2024
Answer
Tooth decay can be almost entirely prevented by reducing the amount and frequency of the consumption of sugar in food and drink and providing adequate exposure to fluoride. In England, local authorities have a statutory duty to assess needs, develop oral ...
Source: Written answer
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
No documents linked.
Sponsors
- · Department of Health and Social Care · Answering body
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-01-15/9612
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1682149
- uk · wq-1682149 · source updated 22 January 2024